▲ A picture of a lamp sold by a group of Indian scammers saying, "Selling Aladdin lamps"
In India, a gang who intercepted 100 million won for selling a magic lamp from the Persian folktale'Arabian Night' was caught.
According to Indian local media and AFP news agency on the 3rd, police in Merut, Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, arrested two men who intercepted 7 million rupees (approximately 170 million won) by tricking a doctor into a lamp that grants wishes. He said he did.
The news came when the victim, Like Khan, reported to the police on the 25th of last month, shortly after he became aware of the fraud.
According to police, Khan learned of scammers while visiting homes for over a month to treat a woman.
The scammers said that he was the son of a woman who was a patient in Khan, and even introduced a fake religious leader named'Baba', who believed in their words and said, "It looked like you were actually performing a religious ritual."
Khan said that they also acted to actually call out a fairy named'Jin' with the lamp in front.
Then they deceived Khan as "Aladdin's lamp to bring in good luck and riches," asking for 15 million rupees (about 230 million won), and when they were rejected, they sold the lamp by lowering the price of the lamp.
Khan added that he later realized that he was cheated when Aladdin who grants wishes did not appear, no matter how much he touched the lamp, and added that he knew that the figure of a fairy named'Jin' shown by the crooks mimicked the image of'Genie' in the fairy tale.
The police said, "We are aware that there are many people who have been deceived by them using a similar technique," and said, "At least three accomplices have been identified. We are currently following the whereabouts of a woman who is an accomplice."
(Photo = Courtesy of Police in Merut, Uttar Pradesh, AFP, Yonhap News)